MILFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) announced today the introduction of the
ACQUITY™ UPLC PLUS Series, three new ACQUITY UltraPerformance LC™
(UPLC™) Systems that build off of the success of Waters’
industry-leading ACQUITY UPLC separations platform. By embracing a
philosophy of continuous product improvement, along with customer
feedback, Waters designed the new ACQUITY UPLC H-Class PLUS, H-Class
PLUS Bio, and I-Class PLUS Systems for unparalleled flexibility,
performance and ease-of-use. From applications as complex as peptide
mapping to routine product release testing, ACQUITY UPLC is helping
thousands of academic, pharmaceutical, food, and chemical industry
laboratories meet their research, development and quality control
objectives. ACQUITY UPLC PLUS Systems are making their industry debut at
the Analytica Conference, April 10 – 13, in Munich, Germany.

“When introduced in 2004, the ACQUITY UPLC System transformed laboratory
science by bringing dramatic business and scientific benefits to the
analytical process. And it was met with overwhelming customer acclaim
considering it had been 30 years since liquid chromatography saw such
dramatic performance improvements,” said Eric Grumbach, Director of
Product Marketing, Chromatography Systems. “At Waters, innovation is
about more than just performance. It’s about listening to the customer
and continuously pushing our LC technology forward to find faster,
simpler, and better ways to support the work that they do.”

The ACQUITY UPLC H-Class PLUS and H-Class PLUS Bio Systems are
quaternary UPLC systems designed for high-resolution, high-sensitivity
separations of complex samples with the flexibility and robustness to
run all modes of chromatography – ion exchange, size exclusion,
hydrophilic interaction, hydrophobic interaction, and reversed phase –
independent of the type or size chromatographic column particle the
method specifies. These systems are especially well-suited as an inlet
to mass spectrometry, for streamlined method development, and for
routine analysis laboratories running HPLC, UHPLC or UPLC analytical
methods.

The ACQUITY UPLC I-Class PLUS System is a binary UPLC system designed to
generate ultra-efficient, narrow peaks and to improve the sensitivity of
optical detection or mass spectrometry. With industry-leading, ultra-low
dispersion and delay volumes, it is an ideal system for laboratories
seeking the highest chromatographic resolution and productivity possible
in a UPLC system.

The ACQUITY UPLC H-Class PLUS, H-Class PLUS Bio, and I-Class PLUS
replace the Waters ACQUITY UPLC H-Class, ACQUITY UPLC H-Class Bio and
ACQUITY UPLC I-Class Systems in Waters product line. The foundational
enhancements made to the ACQUITY UPLC PLUS Series will not affect the
analytical results for well-established, validated LC methods developed
with the ACQUITY UPLC H-Class, H-Class Bio and I-Class Systems. For
laboratories that wish to extend the lifecycle of their investment in
previously-installed systems, Waters is offering ACQUITY UPLC PLUS
Series Usability and Performance Enhancement Kits.

Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT), the world’s leading specialty
measurement company, has pioneered chromatography, mass spectrometry,
and thermal analysis innovations serving the life, materials, and food
sciences for nearly 60 years. With approximately 7,000 employees
worldwide, Waters operates directly in 31 countries, including 15
manufacturing facilities, and with products available in more than 100
countries.